Ivan Sandanski, Senior lecturer

Department of History & Management of Sport, 317 office

Office tel: +359 2 620458 (internal 285)

e-mail: ivansan_nsa@abv.bg

Assignment hours – Tuesday 10-12 am

Research interests

Sport sponsorship and marketing; management of international sport system; sport in the European Community; organisational change

Membership in professional and voluntary organisations:

2003 – member of the European Association for Sport Management

2002 – Marketing and Projects manager, Bulgarian Hockey Federation

Published research articles:

Sandanski, I., (2000), Management of Sports Events, Sport & Science Journal, vol. 3, pp. 112-120

Sandanski, I., (2001), An Attempt for Analyzing some Facets of Sports Product, Sport & Science Journal, vol.1, pp. 106-115

Sandanski, I., & Ivanov, J., (2002), Organisational and Structural Arrangements of Mass and Fun Football in Bulgaria, Sport & Science Journal, vol. 2, pp. 122-129

Sandanski, I., & Madanski, M., (2002), An Exploration of TV Audience Sponsorship Awareness During the World Cup’ 2002, Sport & Science Journal, vol.5, pp. 98-108

Sandanski, I., (2003), An Academic and Research Orientation of Sport Management in Europe and North America, Sport & Science Journal, vol. 6, pp. 94-112

Girginov, V., Beaumont-Kerridge, J., Sandanski, I., (2002), Market Orientation of Sport Organisations: A Cross-cultural Perspective. Proceedings of the 10^th Congress of the European Association for Sport Management, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 4-7 September, 2002.

Girginov, V., Beaumont-Kerridge, J., Sandanski, I., (2003), Market Orientation of Sport Organisations: Defining the concept with evidence from the field. Proceedings of the 11^th Congress of the European Association for Sport Management, Stockholm, Sweden, 10-13 September, 2003.

Girginov, V., Sandanski, I., (2004), The Politics of Sport Sponsorship: A Policy Network Perspective, European Sport Management Quarterly, vol. 3, (4), pp. 123-149

Girginov, V., Sandanski, I., (2004), From Participants to Competitors: The Transformation of British Gymnastics an the Role of the Eastern European Model of Sport, The International Journal of the History of Sport, vol. 21, (5), November, pp. 816-833

Public articles

Ivan Sandanski & Vassil Girginov, The Sport Sponsorship: an Instrument in the Battle for Markets and Supremacy, Capital newspaper, 24-31\\05\\02

Ivan Sandanski & Vassil Girginov, The Global Marketing Plan of FIFA, Capital newspaper, 1-7\\06\\02

Ivan Sandanski & Vassil Girginov, Ambush Marketing Has Conquered Sport, Capital newspaper, 15-21\\06\\02

Ivan Sandanski & Vassil Girginov, The Sponsors of Global Sporting Events Seek the Real Effects on the Spectators, Capital newspaper, 19-25\\10\\02